JHD vs. TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, NXR, SRAD, SUR, ECEL, EPWN, and KGP
Should you be buying James Halstead stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Halstead include Travis Perkins (TPK), Volution Group (FAN), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Eurocell (ECEL), Epwin Group (EPWN), and Kingspan Group (KGP). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
James Halstead vs. Its Competitors
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) and James Halstead (LON:JHD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of James Halstead shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.1% of James Halstead shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
James Halstead has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Halstead, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, James Halstead's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.00 indicating that James Halstead is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. James Halstead pays out 90.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Halstead has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travis Perkins currently has a consensus price target of GBX 823.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.32%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than James Halstead.
James Halstead has a net margin of 15.10% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of -0.37%. James Halstead's return on equity of 23.72% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.
Summary
James Halstead beats Travis Perkins on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:JHD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
